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- Mon 12 October 2015 8:04 am
- Forum: Monasteries and the Monastic Life
- Topic: Royals Retiring into Monasticism
- Replies: 7
- Views: 18688
Re: Royals Retiring into Monasticism
She was tonsured on the island of Tinos, and attempted to start a monastery based on the same principles as St. Elizabeth's Convent of Sts. Mary and Martha in Moscow-- dedicated to charity work. It ultimately didn't work out. She also hid and saved a lot of Jewish children and refugees during World ...
- Sun 11 October 2015 9:54 am
- Forum: Monasteries and the Monastic Life
- Topic: Royals Retiring into Monasticism
- Replies: 7
- Views: 18688
Re: Royals Retiring into Monasticism
Most Russian historians believe that the holy elder Feodor Kuzmich was in fact Tsar Alexander I. It was quite common for royalty and those of noble birth to accept the monastic tonsure befor death. St. Alexander Nevsky died as the monk Alexey, for example. And there is the example of the Holy New Ma...
- Sat 10 October 2015 1:42 am
- Forum: World Orthodox, Heretical, and Vagante Jurisdictions
- Topic: ROCOR was ecumenist from the beginning
- Replies: 51
- Views: 14362
Re: ROCOR was ecumenist from the beginning
Of course the book was a mistake, and ultimately neither the Russian Church in Russia nor ROCOR entered into any sort of communion with the Anglican Church, as history tells us. The difference is that in the beginning of the XXth century such a proposition could at least be considered and discussed,...
- Fri 9 October 2015 9:35 am
- Forum: World Orthodox, Heretical, and Vagante Jurisdictions
- Topic: ROCOR was ecumenist from the beginning
- Replies: 51
- Views: 14362
Re: ROCOR was ecumenist from the beginning
In conclusion, during their first years outside of Russia, the hierarchs of the the ROCOR kept up contacts amongst the heterodox, and to some extent, entered into various dialogues with them, as that had been established still in Russia before the revolution. I do not believe, however, that this mak...
- Fri 9 October 2015 9:25 am
- Forum: World Orthodox, Heretical, and Vagante Jurisdictions
- Topic: ROCOR was ecumenist from the beginning
- Replies: 51
- Views: 14362
Re: ROCOR was ecumenist from the beginning
After the Revolution and the beginning of the persecution of the Church in the Soviet Union, the hierarchs of ROCOR also hoped that support for the persecuted Russian Orthodox Church from the Archbishop of Canterbury and prominent Roman Catholics would save lives, as the bolsheviks were eager to hav...
- Fri 9 October 2015 9:15 am
- Forum: World Orthodox, Heretical, and Vagante Jurisdictions
- Topic: ROCOR was ecumenist from the beginning
- Replies: 51
- Views: 14362
Re: ROCOR was ecumenist from the beginning
When we discuss the supposed "ecumenism" of hierarchs such as Met. Anthony (Khrapovitsky), I think it's important to remember that the Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism and Lutheranism of the late 19th and early 20th centuries was quite different from what we observe in these confessions toda...
- Fri 9 October 2015 8:41 am
- Forum: Monasteries and the Monastic Life
- Topic: Changing password, username, or email address
- Replies: 2
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Re: Changing password, username, or email address
Thank you, Maria1 I was finally able to log in.